Is the XT hub sealed or loose ball bearing? I'm not sure it even makes a difference, but for loose ball and many sealed bearing hubs, this is an extremely easy swap. If you don't have a disposable 135 donor hub/wheel lying around, from which you can steal the axle, they are available from Wheels Mfg:
http://wheelsmfg.com/products/hub-parts/all-axles.html Then, you also need 5mm worth of spacers, also available at Wheels Mfg.: http://wheelsmfg.com/products/hub-parts/axle-spacers.html If you are not comfortable re-dishing the wheel, you can put 2.5mm spacers on either side, beneath the lock nuts. However, it is easier and works better if you add all 5mm to the non-drive side. This locates the cassette at the typical left-right position, relative to the dropout. You do have to re-dish slightly, but that has the gives you the added bonus of a more symmetrical and stronger wheel, too. It's such a minor amount that it is easy to do with the wheel mounted on the bike, using the zip-tie method. Just start with an identical 1/4 to 1/2 turn on every spoke, alternately loosening or tightening as appropriate, and you'll probably find that you're almost there. On Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 2:16:14 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > My soon-too-be-shipped CLEM frame is going to need wheels, and I have a > dilemma. I have a lovely handbuilt mid-'90s XT-hubbed rear wheel with 130 > spacing, and a same era STX RC wheel with 135. Is it possible for me to > extract the 135 axle out of the STX and put it in the XT? Or is there some > simpler way to make my XT wheel fit my CLEM? > > Thanks, > Joe Bernard > Vallejo, CA. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
